Renault’s Twizy For Beach Towns – How it All Started

Renault’s Twizy For Beach Towns – Twizy’s story began at Renault back in 2007 with a team of enthusiasts convinced that there was a place on the market for an accessible urban electric vehicle, somewhere between a moped and a car.

It would take two years for the project to get the go-ahead, then another year to design a first prototype. In 2011, it was time for Twizy to be accredited and then, finally, Twizy was released in 2012.

Renault’s Twizy For Beach Towns -It therefore took five years for the Renault Twizy to come on the scene. Yet still today, the quadricycle remains unparalleled on the vehicle market, electric or not, and in shared mobility.

The reason behind its name? The contraction of “twin” (for its two seats) and “easy” (for its ease of use and handling.)

The Renault Twizy is an electric quadricycle that’s something of a halfway house between a car and a motorbike. It has four wheels, but is only 2.3 meters long and, perhaps more importantly, just 1.4 meters wide.

Technically, it is a quadricycle, not a car, and instead of the usual options, such as heated seats, sat-nav, multi-zone climate control, wireless charging pad and perhaps digital gauges, it can be specced with doors and windows – and a Bluetooth module.

Renault’s Twizy For Beach Towns – Side Profile

The Renault Twizy is capable of seating two in tandem, it has no power steering, but thanks to the narrow wheels and tires, it is easy to drive.

The Renault Twizy will never hit the 60 mph (97 kph) mark because it has a 50 mph (80 kph) top speed, though it does have enough grunt to get you to 30 mph (48 kph) in a decent time.

Renault’s Twizy For Beach Towns – Top View

The Renault Twizy was built only for short commutes, so out of the estimated 50 or so miles (80 km) of range in top form, you’re looking at around 20-ish miles (32 km) in the real world, apparently.

The tiny battery can be juiced up at any domestic socket in around three and a half hours.

Renault’s Twizy Scissor Doors For Beach Towns

The driver and passenger sit in line, instead of next to each other, and there’s a tiny 17bhp electric motor that drives the rear wheels propelling the Twizy along.

Unsurprisingly, performance isn’t spectacular, so the Twizy is very much designed as an urban runaround.

However, you should get around 45 miles between charges (fewer in cold weather) and topping up the battery from empty takes three and a half hours from a domestic three-pin socket.

Renault’s Twizy For Beach Towns – Is It Worth It?

As the Renault Twizy is classed as a quadricycle, it’s not subject to the same minimum safety requirements as a car. It has been crash tested by Euro NCAP, and while it fared better than most other quadricycles, it still only scored two out of five stars. If safety is a concern, we’d recommend looking elsewhere.

Renault’s Twizy For Beach Towns is much more expensive than it used to be, starting from almost £11,000. This is due to Renault now including the battery cost in the price.

The top speed for Renault’s Twizy For Beach Towns, in its 5 horsepower version is approximately to 45 km/h. Its older brother with 17 horsepower has a top speed of 80 km/h.

Is Renault’s Twizy For Beach Towns Allowed on the Highway

As a quadricycle, Twizy is not authorized to drive on highways. This electric vehicle with its compact build is designed for the urban environment. Fast roads and highways are not its thing! Also, another reason why Twizy is incompatible with driving on the highway is its maximum speed limit of 80 km/h.

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